# Revolutionary diet in the works to curb pet obesity – and we could be next | 2019-07-22  | Pet Food Processing

> Researchers at Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center are developing a therapeutic pet diet based on dietary methionine restriction. The article cites survey data showing about 60% of dogs and 56% of cats in America were overweight or obese in 2018.

- Date: 2019-07-22 · published 2019-07-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58438-revolutionary-diet-in-the-works-to-curb-pet-obesity-and-we-could-be-next-2019
- Commodities: [Methionine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/METH.md)

## Why it matters

This is early-stage pet nutrition research with no near-term effect on feed supply, demand or prices.

## Sources

- petfoodprocessing.net: https://www.petfoodprocessing.net/articles/13246-revolutionary-diet-in-the-works-to-curb-pet-obesity-and-we-could-be-next

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